"Inthis method now, you can just plug in your credit card, you can justplug in the time you want, and away you go," Quintal said.

Peoplewho park at the zoo will no longer be able to benefit from seeing anopen meter like this with 51 minutes remaining and park there to savemoney because the stalls will be numbered and meters will be gone.

"Iwouldn't be able to do that at all. I kind of like this system better,I guess because I can score on other people's parking if they havetime left on their meter. I can score on that. I don't have to reallypay for anything," said Kaneohe resident Juno Chung.

Others areafraid the new technology will mean the parking lot, which is alreadyused by tourists staying in hotels nearby will be further clogged bylong-term parkers, making it harder for zoo patrons to find a spot.

"Itshould be limited and people should literally have to come here to pay,and not do it via cell phone and so on," said Waikiki residentElizabeth Knoke.

The city plans to offer zoo patrons a partialrefund -- perhaps 25 percent of their parking fees -- when they enterthe zoo and the city will spend $800,000 repaving the parking lot,putting in new irrigation and landscaping there.

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